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BJA FY 2026 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities

ID: O-BJA-2026-172697 • Type: Posted
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Description

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities. This opportunity supports public safety efforts to reduce deaths and injuries of individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments. This program provides funding to law enforcement, other public safety agencies, and health care agencies to implement locative technologies that track missing individuals. It also provides funding to such agencies and partnering nonprofit organizations to develop or operate programs to prevent wandering, increase safety for vulnerable individuals, and facilitate rescues.

Overview

Category of Funding
Law, Justice and Legal Services
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 8/17/26 the Bureau of Justice Assistance posted grant opportunity O-BJA-2026-172697 for BJA FY 2026 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities. The grant will be issued under grant program 16.015 Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Assistance Program.

Timing

Posted Date
Closing Date
Due in 0 Days
Last Updated
Version
2

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Independent school districts
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
State governments
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
City or township governments
Private institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
County governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Special district governments
Additional Info
Other Units of Local Government: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.; Health care agencies: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, this includes state, local, or tribal government-operated health departments, hospitals, and medical centers as well as non-profit health clinics, behavioral health providers, and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) working with individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$150,000
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
Not Provided
Estimated Number of Grants
Not Listed

Contacts

Contact
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Contact Phone
(202) 514-9354

Documents

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